Found 13 collections related to Mathews, Mrs. (Anne Jackson), 1782?-1869

Auguste Charles Pugin, French-born artist and architectural draughtsman. · To Anne Jackson Mathews, wife of comedian Charles Mathews : 1 autograph letter signed : 3 Nov 1819 : (MISC 3538) : 2 pages (single sheet) : from 34 Store St. : begins, "I beg leave to say in answer to your polite letter that though I am anxious for the progress of my pupils in their professional study; nevertheless I am fully sensible that there are other acquirements to be attended to ...". less

To Thomas De Quincey, English essayist : 1 autograph letter signed : [ca. 1837?] : (MISC 0356) : [no place] : begins, "Accept my best thanks for your very kind Note. I have been kept all this week from seeing you by my wife's illness ..." Lockhart's wife, Sir Walter Scott's daughter, Sophia, died in 1837. less

John Frederick Lewis, English painter of oriental subjects in watercolour and oil. To Anne Jackson Mathews, wife of comic actor Charles Mathews : 1 autograph letter signed : 3 Mar 1829 : (MISC 3539) : from 21 St. John's Wood Road : begins, "I have this moment seen Mrs. [D'Equine?], they have heard indirectly from James about a fortnight ago ...". less

Marguerite Gardiner, countess of Blessington, Irish-born writer and literary hostess. The Lady Blessington manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection includes writings and correspondence. The writings consist mainly of poems, including odes to the British writers L.E.L. and Mrs. S. C. Hall. Also held are notebooks of Lady Blessington's "aphorisms," essays, and story pieces, as well as a biographical account of Captain Charles Hesse, "amatory correspondent" of Princess Charlotte. The bulk of the correspondence dates from 1835 to 1840 and discusses her work on the literary magazines and publishing, and friend and family matters. Correspondents include: William Beattie, physician and poet; William Jerdan, journalist; Richard Robert Madden, her biographer; Anne Jackson Mathews, wife of comedian Charles Mathews; and over two dozen others. less

Sarah Liston, née Tyrer, English actor. She was the wife of the English comic actor John Liston. To Anne Jackson Mathews, wife of comedic actor Charles Mathews : 1 autograph letter signed : 3 Feb 1823 : (MISC 3540) : [no place] : begins, "Many thanks my kind friend for the very nice [brawn?] you sent us." Docketed and initialed by Mrs. Mathews. less

The Horace Smith manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings, correspondence, and artwork. The writings include two holograph poems: "Music" and "Stanzas for the Bazaar held at Brighton for completing the Victoria Fountain on the Steyne;" only the former was published during Smith's lifetime. The bulk of the correspondence is dated 1829-1849. Correspondents include: Thomas Campbell, the poet; Thomas Hood, the poet and humorist; John Murray, the publisher; Robert Southey, the poet; and over thirty others. The artwork consists of one undated watercolor pastoral landscape, titled, "Mill at Lewes." less

The Leigh Hunt manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings and correspondence. The writings include: a holograph draft of his poem, "Jenny Kiss'd Me"; a holograph fragment of his preface to Shelley's Mask of Anarchy; and his address book circa the mid-1850s. The bulk of the correspondence is dated between 1817 and 1826 and discusses his experiences in Italy, including the death of Shelley; family matters; and publishing business. Correspondents include: the Irish poet William Allingham; the philosopher and reformer Jeremy Bentham; the writer and painter William Hazlitt; the writers Percy Bysshe and Mary Shelley; and over seventy others. less

The James Smith manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings and correspondence. The writings include: a holograph copy of Horace Smith's poem "Man"; holograph sonnets in immitation of Shakespeare ("Absence and presence, born of Elder Night" and "Thoul't still survive, when I to Time shall bow"); and a holograph "Epigram to Count D'Orsay." Four poetic pieces held by the Pforzheimer Collection were published in a posthumous collection edited by Horace Smith in 1840; these four and an additional five pieces were published by Alfred Morrison in 1895, while the remainder remain unpublished. The bulk of the correspondence is from the 1830's. Correspondents include: Lady Blessington, writer and literary hostess; Henry Colburn, publisher; Jane Porter, novelist; Horace Smith, writer and humorist (his brother) and over twenty others. less